I Campionati Americani

La Vanderbilt Cup fu disputata per la prima volta nel 1928 offerta da Harold Sterling Vanderbilt, che poi ebbe modo di vincerla due volte nel 1932 e nel 1940, e che volle istituire per essa uno speciale fondo di 100.000$ ancor oggi amministrato dalla ACBL.

Fino al 1957 la Vanderbilt Cup fu disputata a New York come un Campionato separato, ma dal 1958 iniziò a far parte dei tre Campionati ufficiali Nord Americani, in particolare di quello primaverile ("Spring - North American Bridge Championship").

Il recordman della Coppa è Howard Schenken che l'ha vinta ben 10 volte. Alcune altre curiosità legate alla sua storia riguardano la longevità di Owald Jacoby che la vinse la prima volta nel 1931 e l'ultima nel 1965 o quella di B. Jay Becker che vinse la prima nel 1944 e l'ultima nel 1981, il fatto che Oswald e Jim Jacoby sono gli unici insieme a B. Jay e Michael Becker ad averla vinta in coppia padre-figlio e che Edith Frielich e Billy Seamon sono gli unici ad averla vinta come coppia sorella-fratello.

Anno	Località	Vincitori
1928	New York	Ralph Richards, Gratz Scott, Edwin Wetzlar, Wilbur Whitehead a pari merito con Abraham Brown, Mrs. Sidney Lovell, Caroline Taylor, Nils Wester
1929	New York	Michael Gottlieb, Lee Langdon, Jean Mattheys, Harry Raffel
1930	New York	Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1931	New York	David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims
1932	New York	Waldemar von Zedtwitz, Willard Karn, Harold S. Vanderbilt, P. Hal Sims,
1933	New York	Phil Abramsohn, Benjamin Feuer, Francis Rendon, Sydney Rusinow
1934	New York	David Burnstine, Richard Frey, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken
1935	New York	David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns
1936	New York	Phil Abramsohn, Irving Epstein, Harry Fishbein, Fred Kaplan
1937	New York	David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns
1938	New York	David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns
1939	New York	Melville Alexander, Sigmund Dornbusch, Syl Gintell, Lee Hazen, Harry Raffel
1940	New York	Edward Hymes Jr., Charles Lochridge, Robert McPherran, Harold S. Vanderbilt, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1941	New York	John Crawford, Myron Fuchs, Robert McPherran, Sherman Stearns
1942	New York	Lester Bachner, Sigmund Dornbusch, Richard Frey, Lee Hazen, Sam Stayman
1943	New York	Harry Fagin, Harry Fishbein, Fred Kaplan, Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone
1944	New York	B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel
1945	New York	B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel
1946	New York	John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman
1947	New York	David Clarren, Harry Feinberg, Harry Fishbein, Larry Hirsch, Joseph Low
1948	New York	Robert Appleyard, Jay T. Feigus, William Lichtenstein, Harry Sonnenblick, Albert Weiss
1949	New York	Morrie Elis, Harry Fishbein, Lee Hazen, Larry Hirsch, Charles Lochridge
1950	New York	John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Sam Stayman
1951	New York	B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Sam Stayman
1952	New York	Ned Drucker, Irvin Kass, Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss, Jesse Sloan
1953	New York	Richard Kahn, Edgar Kaplan, Peter Leventritt, William Lipton, Ruth Sherman
1954	New York	Dr. Kalman Apfel, Francis Begley, Ned Drucker, Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss
1955	New York	B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor
1956	New York	B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor
1957	New York	B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor
1958	Atlantic City	Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry Jr., Leonard Harmon, Lee Hazen, Ivar Stakgold
1959		B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, Norman Kay, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone
1960	Seattle	John Crawford, Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone
1961	Denver	Charles Coon, Robert Jordan, Eric Murray, Arthur Robinson
1962	St. Louis	Larry Kolker, Carolyn Levitt, Jerry Levitt, Garrett Nash, George de Runtz
1963	Los Angeles	Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Clifford Russell, William Seamon, Albert Weiss
1964	Portland	Bob Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Don Krauss, Peter Leventritt, Lew Mathe, Howard Schenken
1965	Cleveland	Philip Feldesman, John Fisher, James Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Ira Rubin, Albert Weiss
1966	Louisville	Philip Feldesman, Bob Hamman, Sami Kehela, Lew Mathe, Ira Rubin
1967	Seattle	James Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Lew Mathe, Bobby Nail, Ron Von der Porten, Lew Stansby
1968	New York	Bobby Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Arthur Robinson, Bill Root, Alvin Roth
1969	Cleveland	Gerald Hallee, Paul Soloway, John Swanson, Richard Walsh
1970	Portland	Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami Kehela, Sidney Lazard, Eric Murray, George Rapee
1971	Atlanta	Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff
1972	Cincinnati	Steven Altman, Eugene Neiger, Thomas Smith, Alan Sontag, Joel Stuart, Peter Weichsel
1973	St. Louis	Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff
1974	Vancouver	David Crossley, Robert Crossley, Eric Kokish, Joey Silver
1975	Honolulu	Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Dr. Richard Katz, John Mohan, George Rosenkranz
1976	Kansas City	Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Dr. Richard Katz, John Mohan, George Rosenkranz
1977	Pasadena	Mike Becker, Mark Blumenthal, Fred Hamilton, Mike Lawrence, Ron Rubin, John Swanson
1978	Houston	Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Billy Eisenberg, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway
1979	Norfolk	Lou Bluhm, Richard Freeman, Mark Lair, Cliff Russell, Tom Sanders, Eddie Wold
1980	Fresno	Russ Arnold, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell
1981	Detroit	B. Jay Becker, Michael Becker, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Ron Rubin
1982	Niagara	James Jacoby, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, Eric Rodwell, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold
1983	Honolulu	Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Norman Kay, Edgar Kaplan
1984		Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender
1985	Montreal	Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Ron Rubin, Mike Lawrence, Michael Becker, Peter Weichsel
1986	Portland	Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek
1987	St. Louis	Peter Pender, Peter Boyd, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Steve Robinson, Chip Martel
1988	Buffalo	Eddie Kantar, Alan Sontag, John Mohan, Roger Bates
1989	Reno	Ron Rubin, Michael Becker, Bart Bramley, Robert Levin, Lou Bluhm, Peter Weichsel
1990	New York	Dan Morse, John Sutherlin, Michael Kamil, Ron Gerard, Tom Sanders, Bill Pollack
1991	Atlantic City	Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield
1992	Pasadena	Andy Goodman, John Mohan, Roger Bates, John Schermer, Neil Chambers
1993	Kansas City	Howard Weinstein, Peter Nagy, Dan Morse, John Sutherlin, Tom Sanders, Russ Arnold
1994	Cincinnati	Seymon Deutsch, Gaylor Kasle, Michael Rosenberg, Zia Mahmood, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby
1995	Phoenix	Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Michael Polowan, Marc Jacobus
1996	Philadelphia	Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby
1997	Dallas	Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman
1998	Reno	Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman
1999	Vancouver	George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace
2000	Cincinnati	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway
2001	Kansas City	Adam Zdumzinski, Cezary Balicki, Andrew Gromov, Aleksander Petrunin
2002	Houston	Reese Milner, John Mohan, Sam Lev, Marc Jacobus, Piotr Gawrys, Jacek Pszczola
2003	Philadelphia	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Mill Creek, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell
2004	Reno	George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin
2005	Pittsburgh	Richard Schwartz, David Berkowitz, Micke Becker, Larry Cohen, Andrea Buratti, Massimo Lanzarotti
2006	Dallas	Fred Chang, Gunnar Hallberg, Seymon Deutsch, Fu Zhong, Jack Zhao
2007	St. Louis	Bjorn Fallenius, Antonio Sementa, Christal Henner-Welland, Roy Welland, Adam Zmudzinski, Cezary Balicki